• Humanius@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      It really boils down to a few reasons:

      • I don’t like ads, and I prefer not to see them
      • Running a platform like YouTube is not cheap, and I understand that Google needs money to keep things running.
      • The revenue of Premium is split between YouTube and the creators, much like ad revenue is. So it also supports the channels that I follow.
        • Humanius@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          That hasn’t stopped me from using other Google services like Gmail, Docs, or Drive either.

          If I ever decide I want to opt out of Google’s ecosystem I’ll just serve them a GDPR data deletion request.
          That’s what I did when I deleted my Twitter account as well.

      • Anamana@feddit.deEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        I didn’t know the channels get some of the revenue. Do you get to influence who the money goes to? Like a twitch prime sub?

        • WxFisch@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          It replaces the ad revenue the channel would otherwise have gotten from your view, at a higher rate than an ad impression.

    • ipipip@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      For me its solely because of a ad free experience on my TV, since its the primary device I’m using it on. And i got it relatively cheap from turkey so it’s not that big of a deal. I might reevaluate if the price increases though.